Utibe Ekoson
The Special Assistant to Governor Udom Emmanue on Media, Rev. Richard Peters, has described as unfair the insinuations from some quarters that the governor had a hand in the incarceration of Senator Bassey Akpan, also known as OBA, the governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party in the state.
Recall that Senator Akpan was convicted by Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court, Uyo, in a six-count charge bordering on money laundering and graft brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Speculations in the state suggests that Governor Emmanuel influenced the judgment against the embattled Senator to pave the way for the governorship candidate of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Pastor Umo Eno.
But Peters, in a press conference yesterday, wondered how Emmanuel could suddenly start working with Leo Ekpenyong, who petitioned Senator Akpan to EFCC and had recently accused Emmanuel of bribing Akwa Ibom Chief Judge, Justice Ekaette Obot to throw Barr. Inibehe Effiong into prison, stressing that the governor is not even in the petitioner’s good books.
He said the case was decided on the natural grounds that OBA was guilty as charged, and people should stop attaching political colorations to the judgment.
